SOVIET PORCELAIN FIGURINE OF A YOUNG BALLERINA, CREATED BY NINA ALEKSANDROVNA MALYSHEVA (1914-1983), DULEVO PORCELAIN FACTORY, CREATED IN 1950, 1965.

A young blonde ballerina with a curved waist in a light blue tutu with gold details, wearing pointe shoes, standing on one leg on a white and gold detailed chair, bearing a factory mark, quality mark, and the date "1965" in iron-red glaze, "29" stamped on the iron-red base; dimensions: 15.9 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 inches). LITERATURE Ode to Joy / Ода к радости (Moscow: Pinakoteka, 2008), p. 335, No. 256 (illustrated).